Today was a long travel day. We woke up at 3:30 am, left Cairns at 5:30 and arrived in Perth at noon. After picking up our rental car we drove north through desolate country to see the Pinnacles Desert. We will see it early in the morning. We didn’t stop to take pictures, but will take lots tomorrow.
The changing terrain was amazing. We expected, once again, red dirt and spinifex, but it was so much more lovely than we anticipated. Shortly after we left town there were really tall evenly spaced conifer trees all around. Then the land became very sandy, the sand was white and there were shorter deciduous trees. We came through areas of rolling green pastures with a few beautiful large trees, and yes we did come through red dirt with low scruffy shrubs. As we got further north we occasionally saw vast, white rolling sand dunes. It changed back and forth throughout the drive. We traveled on the Indian Ocean Road and were excited to have our first views ever of the Indian Ocean. We saw emus and kangaroos. We will post pictures tomorrow.
It was a long drive into the middle of nowhere. At times we were a little nervous. Mrs. Morris did all the driving and Mrs. Harding the navigating. We took one wrong turn and we were diverted from our planned route due to a fatal traffic accident. It was a relief to make it to the little town of Cervantes, just before dark, where we found a motel room. The best place in town to eat we were told, by several people, is the Bowling Club. This being a seaside town with a strong fishing industry we both ordered the rock lobster. But sadly they were out, so we settled for the prawns. Yum!
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